NEWS
September 2025
Magnetic Tides has been awarded a new SBIR grant from the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). This funding will support the expansion of our research using kTMP to treat anhedonia in individuals with major depressive disorder. We’re thrilled to launch this project in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Krystal at UCSF and continue advancing innovative approaches to mental health.
September 2025
We’ve received an SBIR grant from the NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study the long-term effects of kTMP on stroke recovery. The NIH review committee called our technology “an impactful tool for clinicians to enhance rehabilitation outcomes.”
August 2025
The FDA has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to our non-invasive brain stimulation technology, kTMP. Our recent study showed kTMP improves upper extremity function in chronic stroke patients with no side effects or discomfort.
May 2025
Congratulations to our CEO, Ludovica Labruna for joining the UCSF Rosenman RISE Program Cohort as a member for the 2025 class of innovators!
February 2025
Magnetic Tides attended the 6th International Brain Stimulation Conference in Kobe, Japan. Our Director, Christina Merrick, gave a great talk on the future directions of kTMP!
January 2025
Ludovica Labruna CEO of Magnetic Tides was interviewed by James Zanewicz, JD, LLM, RTTP in the Bullpen during hashtag#JPM2025 at the Golden Gate Yacht Club in San Francisco.
September 2024
Our Director of Research, Christina Merrick, was a speaker at the 2024 Brainbox Ltd Conference in London where she presented our exciting new data on kTMP stimulation, including preliminary findings in chronic stroke!
February 2024
Magnetic Tides has been awarded a grant by the Fyssen Foundation to test the use of kTMP to improve speech comprehension. This is a collaboration with Magnetic Tides, UCB and Prof. Benedikt Zoefel from the Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition.
November 2023
Magnetic Tides was chosen as one of Hello Tomorrow’s Deep Tech Pioneers for our innovative brain stimulation device and will be attending Hello Tomorrow Global Summit in March 2024.
#DeepTechPioneer #HelloTomorrow
September 2023
Collaboration with Dr. Sheltraw and Dr. Labruna from Magnetic Tides, Professor Richard Ivry from UC Berkeley, and Professor Ganguly from UC San Francisco.
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